Day 231: Blyde River Canyon to Pretoria
After leaving the campsite at 09:30 we made a quick stop at a Three Rondawel viewpoint. From there we went to Burke’s Luck Potholes which was completely overrun by tourists. It felt like how we [...]
Day 230: Skukuza to Three Rondawels
We managed to leave camp by 06:40, which is very early for us. We aimed for the Orpen gate and mostly stayed on the main tar roads. Caro drove most of the way to the [...]
Day 229: Malelane to Skukuza, Kruger National
Before setting off into the Kruger we had four more nails in the other rear wheel to take care of. While Hugo took the Hilux to a Quick Fit Caro ordered us a Wimpy breakfast. [...]
Day 228: Marloth Park to Malelane
We had an appointment with Malelane Toyota at 09:00, so left the campsite just before 08:00. We got to Malelane well before 09:00 and booked the Hilux in. We couldn’t believe the size and cleanliness [...]
Day 227: Maputo to Marloth Park
We left at 08:00 and had relatively little traffic in the city. Before getting on the N4 highway we refueled with cheap Mozambique diesel and inflated the tyres. At the toll gate, we passed an [...]
Day 224 – 226: Marracuene to Maputo
We woke up to a strong wind and quickly closed the tent as it looked like it could start to rain. Just as we finished making coffee Jared and Jen arrived with their coffee and [...]
Day 223: Chidenguele to Marracuene
We would have loved to stay longer, but they were expecting a big group and all 5 current campers had to leave. This place was thus by far the most popular campsite that we [...]
Day 222: Barra to Chidenguele
After the owner helped us to plug the hole in the tyre we drove to his ‘workshop’ area which had a cement surface to change the wheels back again. We deflated the wheels a bit [...]
Day 221: Tofo to Barra
At 10:00 we left Turtle Cove and drove on some sandy tracks to check out Tofinho beach. We spotted some whales jumping out of the water showing their bellies and clapping their fins on the [...]